Senior Accountant

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Senior Accountant

The Japan Finance team plays a key role as business partners by providing the business with thought leadership and financial advice on business priorities to enable financially sound, effective and efficient investment decisions
The Sr. Analyst will report to the Regional Controller by working closely with the Japan Division Finance Officer
He/she will assume responsibility for the financial stewardship of the Business Unit and actively maintaining a strong internal control environment to support operational excellence
Role:
• Manage the P&L for Mastercard Prepaid Management Services (MPMS) with MPMS Business Manager.
• Ensure accounting is in compliance with U.S. GAAP, J-GAAP, MasterCard Worldwide policies & procedures, and implements new accounting pronouncements in a timely manner.
• Responsible for tax filing
• Responsible for statutory/regulatory reporting
• Reviews accounting information for accuracy and reliability.
• Prepares period-by-period analyses and explains significant account variances, when comparing actuals, budgets, and forecasts.
• Performs detailed account analyses
• Works closely with multiple stakeholders including regional controller, regional tax, GBSC-Shared Accounting service, on complex accounting matters
• Manage Accounts Payable, Cash Management, GL, and Fixed Assets
Operations & Systems
• Conducts continuous reviews of existing accounting processes and assess operational efficiency and to ensure that processes meet the present and anticipated needs of business units, Worldwide Finance, and other stakeholders.
• Participates in the development and implementation of process improvements to the accounting function to improve operational efficiency and quality of output.
• Escalates any identified financial system risks and system requirements as appropriate.
• Ensures delays and problems are promptly addressed by taking the appropriate action to resolve issues.
Control & Security
• Participates in the development, implementation and maintenance of cost-effective controls to promote data integrity and minimize risk (financial, operational, legal, regulatory, etc.) and maintains appropriate segregation of duties.
• Ensures access to data, information and systems is appropriately authorized in accordance with MasterCard policies and procedures.
• Participates in internal audits and responds to requests timely and appropriately.
All About You:
• Experienced professional in the field of accounting, tax and controllership
• Good understanding of the diverse cultural, regulatory, statutory and taxation environment of the markets in which the Business Unit has a physical presence
• Expertise in U.S. and J-GAAP accounting
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills
• Fluency in Japanese and English a must
• MBA or a CPA equivalent qualification preferred

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.